Kindness – Pass it on!

A strange gift multiplied into countless blessings… Maybe it will even bless YOU!

I open my Bible and find a bear.

I open my laptop; another is there.

So, I pause and tidy up the mud room for my daughter; slip a bear in a shoe. She’ll be surprised to find one of her chores already done for her today.

Two bears = Two kind deeds. So, I carry odds and ends from the living room to the bedrooms for my son, and tuck a bear in with the toys I deliver.

When I went to my room last night, I found my bed made with a bear on my pillow and a Cow Tale on my night stand with another bear close beside; so I prayed for my children that were so thoughtful to pass along kindness to me.

This cycle of blessing and being blessed is divine inspiration.

I was given of zip-bag of baby-boy confetti. (I’m so thankful to the friend that obeyed such a strange prompting of the Holy Spirit.) As we talked about kindness the other day, I gave each of my kids 5 blue plastic bear cut-outs with these instructions:

Go do something kind for someone and then hide the little bear where someone might find it. Don’t tell anyone what small act of kindness you have done.

Then, when you come across another one in the next few days, do another thoughtful deed and hide that bear again in another place.

Finding “be kind” reminders, seeking to be a blessing, and leaving behind a reminder to be found by someone else… Why not create your own version of this simple game of “find and seek” in your home?